blacksnake

English Thesaurus

1. blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	racer,
definition	:	slender fast-moving North American snakes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	blue racer, coluber constrictor flaviventris,
definition	:	bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas (noun.animal)

2. large harmless shiny black North American snake (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	rat snake,
definition	:	any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	elaphe, genus elaphe,
definition	:	North American rat snakes (noun.animal)